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Politics / Re: The 10 Most Vibrant Senators Of 2015 by mrwiddy(m): 5:30am On Dec 30, 2015 |
fashoo2010:ahhh we've played a loose in ogun state ooo!! |
Politics / Re: The 10 Most Vibrant Senators Of 2015 by mrwiddy(m): 9:01pm On Dec 29, 2015 |
where is ogun state's ota west senator gbolahan dada |
Education / Re: TEAM LASU wins Super Nairaland Interschool debate (Clash of Previous Winners) by mrwiddy(m): 8:24pm On Dec 26, 2015 |
Horlawale1:always read ur jamb brochure very well,it jaa costed u dz silly mistake,y shud u 4get dat LAUTECH is a state university. |
Education / Re: Top 23 Most Expensive Secondary Schools In Nigeria With Mind Blowing Fees! by mrwiddy(m): 10:40pm On Dec 24, 2015 |
'the spoils of money go on an unaccountable note'.. ......Dr. Naseef yazaji(1871). fellow Mekunus, let us give ignorance a try if the perfect education lies beyond our reach..... and..... at the final end,tolulope falokun made 9 A's. |
Politics / Re: Why Fuel Scarcity Will Not Go Away Soon In Nigeria- Sahara Reporters. by mrwiddy(m): 2:49pm On Dec 20, 2015 |
GreatEngineer:how do you feel when ur younger ones try to cheat you,compared to your elder ones.And ,hence,things are not really hard in this country,because jumia makes 17 iphone sales a day!! |
Politics / Re: Why Fuel Scarcity Will Not Go Away Soon In Nigeria- Sahara Reporters. by mrwiddy(m): 2:44pm On Dec 20, 2015 |
[quote author=kestolove95 post=41171110][/quote]SELFISH NIGERIAN!! |
Travel / Re: The Ten Most Notorious Neighbourhoods In Lagos by mrwiddy(m): 10:42am On Dec 20, 2015 |
oya
go on 1 Like |
Career / Re: The Hard Truth About Your Salary by mrwiddy(m): 9:21pm On Dec 03, 2015 |
Nihilist:SALARIANER!! |
Career / Re: 10 Tips To Save Money & Be Rich After School by mrwiddy(m): 3:30pm On Dec 03, 2015 |
very nice
FP thinz |
Education / Re: Overused And Abused Words That Should Die With 2015 by mrwiddy(m): 9:41pm On Dec 02, 2015 |
Iluv:NAKED Nairaland:what reveal |
Education / Re: Nigerian Girl Breaks Record In The UK With Distinction In Masters Of Law: Pics by mrwiddy(m): 9:35pm On Dec 02, 2015 |
chumakk:because its not just a religion,its also a culture,hence,a way of life. |
Islam for Muslims / Re: Is This The Most Beautiful Mosque In Nigeria? by mrwiddy(m): 9:14pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
whatisthetruth:ban ISL*M(PEACE) in countries that still have a chance to be peaceful #i define foolishness as the post i jst quoted. |
Islam for Muslims / Re: Is This The Most Beautiful Mosque In Nigeria? by mrwiddy(m): 9:01pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
Maghan37:yea sure,datz y solats made at d two harams are 10000 times more efficient than its like in a common mosque.....its bcoz of its sacredness,hence,neatness. |
Culture / Re: Why It Is Offensive To Give/Receive With Your Left Hand? by mrwiddy(m): 8:28pm On Nov 24, 2015 |
it is offensive because itz a bad omen,moreso,itz nt african. |
Politics / Re: BREAKING: Kogi State Government Declares 7 Days Mourning For Abubakar Audu by mrwiddy(m): 8:42pm On Nov 22, 2015 |
inna lillahi,wa inna ilayhi roojihun
he had come,he had fought,he had conquered!! |
Education / Re: Olayinka Olamide-Sadiq Breaks University Of Ibadan Academic Record by mrwiddy(m): 8:38pm On Nov 22, 2015 |
MrBLING:human doctors can't dare his merits |
Education / Re: Best Nigerian Universities For Specified Courses. by mrwiddy(m): 11:13am On Nov 22, 2015 |
christejames:u knw first things first 1 Like |
Education / Best Nigerian Universities For Specified Courses. by mrwiddy(m): 10:28am On Nov 20, 2015 |
Medical courses 10.niger delta university,wiberforce,delta state. 9.ekiti state university,ekiti:though characterized with highly cost tuition fees,its just a case of money. 8.bayero university,kano state:one of the very few universities in nigeria that offers physiotherapy as an undergraduate course,BUK might be cruel to non-northerners in their admissions.Hence,use the nigerian remedy if such occurs. 7.lagos state university,lagos; Sufficiently funded!,nothing else,thanks to the transitional changes of the state goverment,especially in the moderation of tuition fee,averagely a LASUTHITE pay roughly 35,000 per session,though susceptible to change. 6.university of benin,edo state:a federal owned institution with the best medical study you could be offered in the far south. 5.ahmadu bello university,zaria & university of nigerian:UNARGURABLE!! 4.university of ilorin,ilorin: UITH is the place where even the best emulates it speaking influences,#irepUNILORIN. 3.obafemi awolowo university,ife:quite disturbing with their admission protocols,and more annoying is its snailly calender,but its still good to be in africa's 31st best university for a pursue of MBBS. 2.university of lagos,lagos:LUTH is just more than its worth......#thumbs up. (**1**).UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN,ibadan:nigeria's premier medical college with patents as the best of its kinds in west-africa,tolling after university of johanesburg,10th,in africa's best medical institute ranking.UNIBADAN have been recognised within and outside nigeria as the citadel of medical researches an its likes,don't be surprised it was the first health institution to carry out the first successful kidney transplant operation in the whole of the green/white flagged country,and with recent speculations,it was affirmed that it has discovered the cure for sickle cell,along side with some foreign institutions. #allhailthepremieruniversity!!! Engineering courses 10.olabisi onabanjo university,ago-iwoye,ogun state: you look stunned too?!,well,possibly with the recent unspoken rejuvenations in the institution. 9.ondo state university of science and technology,ondo&oyo state university of science and technology,oyo:what do you expect from a tech school,though bears a uniqueness in its status as state owned. 8.Enugu state university of science and technology,enugu. 7.covenant university,ota&river state university of science and technology: they've got the very adequate requirements to maintain this spot,even chemical engineering is not exclusive. 6.university of lagos,lagos: it offers virtually all engineering courses,though,they've got bad hearted lecturers who could sentence you to 2-3 years extra years. 5.obafemi awolowo university,ife: CRAZY,nothing more! 4.federal university of technology,minna & federal university of tech,yola:these duo are just to justify that :"...the northerners too are part of the society. 3.ladoke akintola university of technology,ogbomoso:very diverse a school,though with unsatisfactory administration,but this school is among the very few that represents the nigeria's tech image abroad,i think its high time the federal govt takes it control. 2.federal university of tech,akure:in soyinka's voice;"what may i tell you,what reveal??" 1.federal university of technology,owerri: ANY QUESTION?? I won't forget FURPE,effurun. Mangements and social sciences 10.lagos state university 9.ambrose alli university,ekpoma 8.university of uyo 7.uniben 6.Ahmadu bello university 5.unibadan(social sciences only) 4.unizik,awka 3.uniport 2.unilorin 1.unilag *** no regular order. Agricultural courses 10.lautech 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4.federal university of agriculture,umudike 3.federal university of agriculture,makurdi 2.ahmadu bello universityt,zaria:it is undisputably the largest university in west africa,third to non in the black continent,though characterised by farming,the north's pride. 1.federal university of agriculture,abeokuta:YEAH!,it is WHO recognised as the agric institute of nigeria,fund allocations could tell best. |
Education / Re: The Sad Truth About Nigerias Federal Universities by mrwiddy(m): 9:13am On Nov 08, 2015 |
in lenrie peter's voice:the earth has changed its garmet,its you who have not crossed the fence,so..... there you lie! |
Education / Re: Which Nigerian Federal University Pays The Highest School Fees? by mrwiddy(m): 9:38pm On Nov 07, 2015 |
its FUNAAB,
freshers,40k- acceptance fee, 35k-school fee
accomodation 25k, |
NYSC / Re: Corper Dies In Auto Crash In Sokoto After Visiting Mother by mrwiddy(m): 9:30pm On Nov 07, 2015 |
missyadorable:too FOOLISH a post!! missyadorable:too FOOLISH a post!! missyadorable:too FOOLISH a post!! |
Politics / Re: Would Taraba Has The Office Of The First Man???? by mrwiddy(m): 4:43pm On Nov 07, 2015 |
first gentleman of the state,
lolz |
Romance / Re: Nigerian Girls Remember Those Days When We Used To Trip For Half Cast Boys by mrwiddy(m): 2:55pm On Nov 07, 2015 |
onila:u knw d year is centimetres to its end,perharps,its high tym u changed,and trip 4 16inches #madingo. |
Romance / Re: Nigerian Girls Remember Those Days When We Used To Trip For Half Cast Boys by mrwiddy(m): 9:58pm On Nov 06, 2015 |
doz dayz wen onila stl use pillow to please herself,bt nw 9 inches go lost inside........ahhh#time flies. 1 Like |
Romance / Re: What Is Wrong With This (photo) by mrwiddy(m): 9:49pm On Nov 06, 2015 |
some eskimos don't live in igloos#fact |
Education / Re: Jamb Introduces New Rules For All Jambites by mrwiddy(m): 12:41pm On Nov 02, 2015 |
mbhs139:nothing is pure in naija,then......u cud b d pure thing u want to see.#CHANGE.!! |
Religion / Re: Does Mohammed Support Womens Right??? NO. Here Is Why by mrwiddy(m): 12:25pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
BAD OMEN!
subhanallahi!!
i 'm d 1st to comment on the most stupid post in nairaland's history,
i seek refuge from ALLAH,to the accursed POST of nairalanders. |
Education / Re: Jamb Introduces New Rules For All Jambites by mrwiddy(m): 8:25am On Oct 31, 2015 |
mbhs139:wooo! any bra dat suits ur b**bs,for all i care,its a very bad idea if jamb gets scrapped. |
Education / Re: Jamb Introduces New Rules For All Jambites by mrwiddy(m): 8:49pm On Oct 29, 2015 |
mbhs139:OK! Maybe its o'level exams whr secondary skul student wud register,post graduate student wud sit 4 d exam,dat is purest to you. #SOFFO! |
Education / Re: Jamb Introduces New Rules For All Jambites by mrwiddy(m): 3:10pm On Oct 29, 2015 |
erico2k2:all we,'ve been saying:NEVER USE A GHANIAN ANTIDOTE FOR A NIGERIAN POISON!! |
Education / Re: Jamb Introduces New Rules For All Jambites by mrwiddy(m): 10:17pm On Oct 27, 2015 |
Reski:so dat we can make nigeria FAKER than ever,......if u care to hear,it z d purest examination in nigeria,l. 16 Likes |
Religion / Re: Why I Dont Beleieve In The Book Called "BIBLE"... by mrwiddy(m): 2:26am On Oct 26, 2015 |
FOR THE ONES WHO CARES ABOUT HIS HEREAFTER AMONG YOU!!
What may be the world's oldest fragments
of the Koran have been found by the
University of Birmingham.
Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to
be at least 1,370 years old, making it among
the earliest in existence.
The pages of the Muslim holy text had
remained unrecognised in the university
library for almost a century.
The British Library's expert on such
manuscripts, Dr Muhammad Isa Waley, said
this "exciting discovery" would make Muslims
"rejoice".
The manuscript had been kept with a
collection of other Middle Eastern books and
documents, without being identified as one of
the oldest fragments of the Koran in the
world.
Oldest texts
When a PhD researcher, Alba Fedeli, looked
more closely at these pages it was decided to
carry out a radiocarbon dating test and the
results were "startling".
The university's director of special collections,
Susan Worrall, said researchers had not
expected "in our wildest dreams" that it would
be so old.
"Finding out we had one of the oldest
fragments of the Koran in the whole world has
been fantastically exciting."
The tests, carried out by the Oxford University
Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, showed that the
fragments, written on sheep or goat skin, were
among the very oldest surviving texts of the
Koran.
These tests provide a range of dates, showing
that, with a probability of more than 95%, the
parchment was from between 568 and 645.
"They could well take us back to within a few
years of the actual founding of Islam," said
David Thomas, the university's professor of
Christianity and Islam.
"According to Muslim tradition, the Prophet
Muhammad received the revelations that form
the Koran, the scripture of Islam, between the
years 610 and 632, the year of his death."
Prof Thomas says the dating of the
Birmingham folios would mean it was quite
possible that the person who had written them
would have been alive at the time of the
Prophet Muhammad.
"The person who actually wrote it could well
have known the Prophet Muhammad. He
would have seen him probably, he would
maybe have heard him preach. He may have
known him personally - and that really is quite
a thought to conjure with," he says.
First-hand witness
Prof Thomas says that some of the passages of
the Koran were written down on parchment,
stone, palm leaves and the shoulder blades of
camels - and a final version, collected in book
form, was completed in about 650.
He says that "the parts of the Koran that are
written on this parchment can, with a degree
of confidence, be dated to less than two
decades after Muhammad's death".
"These portions must have been in a form that
is very close to the form of the Koran read
today, supporting the view that the text has
undergone little or no alteration and that it
can be dated to a point very close to the time
it was believed to be revealed."
The manuscript, written in "Hijazi script", an
early form of written Arabic, becomes one of
the oldest known fragments of the Koran.
Because radiocarbon dating creates a range of
possible ages, there is a handful of other
manuscripts in public and private collections
which overlap. So this makes it impossible to
say that any is definitively the oldest.
But the latest possible date of the Birmingham
discovery - 645 - would put it among the very
oldest.
'Precious survivor'
Dr Waley, curator for such manuscripts at the
British Library, said "these two folios, in a
beautiful and surprisingly legible Hijazi hand,
almost certainly date from the time of the first
three caliphs".
The first three caliphs were leaders in the
Muslim community between about 632 and
656.
Dr Waley says that under the third caliph,
Uthman ibn Affan, copies of the "definitive
edition" were distributed.
"The Muslim community was not wealthy
enough to stockpile animal skins for decades,
and to produce a complete Mushaf, or copy,
of the Holy Koran required a great many of
them."
Dr Waley suggests that the manuscript found
by Birmingham is a "precious survivor" of a
copy from that era or could be even earlier.
"In any case, this - along with the sheer beauty
of the content and the surprisingly clear Hijazi
script - is news to rejoice Muslim hearts."
The manuscript is part of the Mingana
Collection of more than 3,000 Middle Eastern
documents gathered in the 1920s by Alphonse
Mingana, a Chaldean priest born near Mosul in
modern-day Iraq.
He was sponsored to take collecting trips to
the Middle East by Edward Cadbury, who was
part of the chocolate-making dynasty.
The Koran
Muslims believe the words of the Koran
were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad
by the angel Gabriel over 22 years from
610
It was not until 1734 that a translation
was made into English, but was littered
with mistakes
Copies of the holy text were issued to
British Indian soldiers fighting in the First
World War
On 6 October 1930, words from the Koran
were broadcast on British radio for the
first time, in a BBC programme called The
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